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Salut Ferd,
I now have no doubt at all that this is the same person as I am now able to plug her into my line and trace her back to François Amirault dit Tourangeau. Meci, bien. - As always Ferd.
I still need any stories, family legends, good lies, etc. about weavers in the Mireault line. Especially usefull would be any data about women working with textiles during the time of the expulsion (especially in Connecticut). Again, this shouldn't be too much to ask for, since we know that no Acadian girl worth her salt was without great skill in this area. -So, please keep your ears open.
I would like to urge other Mireault genealogists to consider the importance of preserving knowledge of our ancestors as individuals and not just as a collection of vital statistics. We don't need to be a Father Clarence d'Entremont or a Marius Barbeau to do this.
Until I decided to pursue this current project, I have to admit that like most other Franco-Manitobans, I didn't give much thought to my family sash. It was simply one of those mundane and ubiquitous items that we hauled out at Festival or dress-up events to set us apart from the tourists. This is a very important piece of Canadian - and I hope to prove, Acadian history. We are in danger of being left with (as with so many other parts of our culture) a colouring-book version of this aspect of our family history.
I didn't think of this when I was down there but, are you aware of any of our Cajun cousins using a sash in their dress?
a bientôt, - Brian.
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